Tuesday, May 29, 2007

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Just before Memorial Day, my daughter and son-in-law and I took our Ducati motorcycles over the Cascade mountains to the little town of Winthrop, and back. Why? Simply for the for the fun of the ride! And it was great fun. We stayed in the Duck Brand Hotel for the night. We ate $2 tacos and drank $2 pints of local brew at a funky bistro in town. And we left the following morning in a cloud of decibels. We dropped in on an old family friend in Chelan on the way home who dropped his jaw at the site of the 3 of us on our low-flying DUCs. Round trip: 423 miles.

Twisted Edge Publishing has a book called Destination Highways Washington which rates the 346 best roads for motorcyclists. US 20 from Rockport ot Winthrop is DH-1. It is, according to Destination Highways,

“A cornucopia of Twistiness ... tight, intense coils round the brilliant green-blue gems of Gorge, Diablo, and Ross Lakes before essing up into the mountains of the high, vast Pasayten Wilderness. Huge fast sweepers scale stunning alpine environs that rappel rapidly down the east side of the Cascades. Wide-shouldered Engineering and tip-top open-in-the-summer-only Pavement enhance the up-high Remoteness that is the soul of this road. Whether you take this DH as a challenge to you and your machine or simply cruise and enjoy the amazing Scenery, you’ll witness the road’s impeccable Character. You may also witness speed tax collectors at either end, though they seem to leave the pristine, central section unfouled.”

Twistiness: 30/30
Pavement: 16.6/20
Engineering: 9.1/10
Scenery: 13.2/15
Character: 15/15
Total Destination Highways Score: 92.3/100

WOW!!!

We had a Blast!

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